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Raven Manganese Group

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045026
MRDS ID M232678
Record type Site
Current site name Raven Manganese Group
Alternate or previous names Raven Manganese, Black Bird, Eagle Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.1188, 41.72904 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Spring Table(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 025E 15 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.1188, 41.72904
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike FLAT
    Dip FLAT
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CRYPTOMELANE-RICH BEDS AVERAGED 6 INCHES IN THICKNESS, AND CROPPED OUT OVER AN AREA 300 FT. X 100 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer C.S. Cudhemin, D.S. Symington, And A.G. Knab

Mining district

District name Virgin Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW TRENCHES AND PITS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE THREE CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1953 BY C.S. DUCHEMIN, D.S. SYMINGTON, AND A.G. KNAB. IN 1959, 17 BEDS OF CRYPTOMELANE-RICH MATERIAL WERE EXPOSED BY SHALLOW TRENCHES AND PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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